Example sentences of "write at the [noun] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
2 | He was to pay tribute to Kingsmill after his death in an exchange of letters with Malcolm Muggeridge , published as About Kingsmill ( 1951 ) , and recalled what had been the deepest friendship of his life between the lines of Johnson and Boswell ( 1958 ) , the last book written at the height of his powers . |
3 | ‘ It 's written at the front of my note-book and it says ‘ Private ’ in case you had n't noticed . ’ |
4 | Haroun and the Sea of Stories , a novel of great charm , was written at the suggestion of his son . |
5 | What is valuable is to see that here is a critic writing at the top of his bent . |
6 | The book is also universally regarded as McGahern 's masterpiece , a view probably best expressed by playwright Tom Kilroy who described ‘ Amongst Women ’ as ‘ one of the most significant achievements in Irish fiction ’ and suggested that McGahern ‘ is obviously writing at the fullness of his power . ’ |
7 | He wrote at the top of his list ‘ Buteo ’ with a question mark . |